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UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 


Improvements  and  Extensions 


1895-96 


IMPROVEMENTS    AND    EXTENSIONS   AT  THE 
UNIVERSITY. 


The  appropriation  of  $424,000.00  by  the  Legislature  to  the  University  has 
rendered  it  possible  to  strengthen  and  develop  the  existing"  work  and  to  push  it 
forward  into  new  fields.  At  the  meeting*  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  in  commence- 
ment week,  improvements  and  additions  to  the  equipment  and  to  the  instruc- 
tional force  were  determined  on  as  indicated  herein. 

THE  NEW  LIBRARY  BUILDING. 

Included  by  the  Legislature  among  the  appropriations  for  specific  objects 
is  one  of  $150,000.00  for  the  erection  of  a  library  building".  This  appropriation  is 
available  immediately  and  the  committee  on  buildings  and  grounds  is  consider- 
ing- plans  for  the  early  erection  of  the  building".  The  committee  has  offered 
premiums  amounting  to  $1,200.00  for  competitive  designs.  The  building  will  be 
fire-proof,  and  architecturally  will  be  an  adornment  to  the  campus. 

Besides  the  appropriation  for  the  new  building  the  Legislature  set  aside 
the  sum  of  $3,000.00  a  year  for  accessions  to  the  library. 

ENGINEERING  HALL  AND  EQUIPMENT. 

The  magnificent  new  Engineering  Hall,  which  was  dedicated  last  Novem- 
ber, is  still  in  process  of  internal  equipment  and  the  University  appropriations 
include  $5,000.00  for  the  completion  of  the  furnishings.  This,  in  addition  to  the 
amount  already  expended,  will  make  the  building  one  of  the  best  equipped  in 
the  country. 

The  equipment  of  the  College  of  Engineering  will  be  much  enlarged 
during  the  year  by  the  expenditure  of  $10,000.00  for  additional  apparatus  and 
appliances. 

REORGANIZATION  OF  THE  SHOPS. 

In  connection  with  the  extension  of  the  equipment  for  engineering,  the 
work  of  the  College  of  Engineering  will  be  much  further  improved  and  facili- 
tated by  the  addition  of  a  new  machinery  hall  and  the  reorganization  of  the  * 
mechanical  shops. 

A  new  one  story  shop  will  be  erected  in  the  neighborhood  of  Machinery 
Hall  and  all  the  iron-working  machinery  in  the  latter  building  will  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  new  shop.  The  rooms  on  the  second  floor  of  Machinery  Hall,  which 
will  be  made  vacant  by  this  transfer,  will  be  occupied  by  the  machinery  now 
in  the  architectural  shop.  The  architectural  wood  shop  will  be  discontinued,  as 
a  separate  establishment,  and  all  the  wood  working  connected  with  the  Uni- 


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versity  instruction  will  be  embraced  la  a  single  department  and  carried  onin 
this  building. 

That  part  of  the  mechanical  laboratory  now  located  In  the  basement  of  the 
Chemical  Laboratory,  will  also  be  transferred  either  to  Machinery  Hall  or  to  the 

new  shop. 

The  rooms  thus  vacated  in  Machinery  Hall  will  allow  the  extension  of  the 
department  of  mechanical  engineering  and  of  the  testing  laboratory  of  applied 
mechanic.    This  extension  will  be  immediately  effected. 

These  changes  and  extensions  of  the  mechanical  equipment  will  be  com- 
pleted, it  is  believed,  by  the  opening-  of  the  University  in  September  and  will  give 
us  one  of  the  very  best  University  organizations  in  the  United  States. 

THE  ASTRONOMICAL  OBSERVATORY. 

The  work  in  astronomy  has  been  long  hampered  from  lack  of  proper  equip- 
ment. The  Legislature,  however,  has  made  an  appropriation  of  $15,000.00  for  a 
new  astronomical  observatory  with  the  latest  improvements.  It  is  hoped  that 
the  observatory  will  be  ready  for  use  during  the  fall  term.  It  will  contain  an 
s  inch  equatorial  telescope  with  driving  clock  and  with  photographic  and  spec- 
troscopic attachments,  an  astronomical  transit,  a  zenith  telescope,  a  chrono- 
graph, and  the  necessary  clocks,  chronometers,  and  other  small  instruments. 
The  dome  will  be  metal  and  of  the  latest  pattern. 

LABORATORY  OF  VEGETABLE  PHYSIOLOGY. 

Vegetable  physiology  has  heretofore  been  taught  by  lectures  and  text- 
book methods  supplemented  by  such  experiments  and  observations  as  could  be 
made  out  of  doors.  During  tne  last  term  efforts  have  been  made  to  introduce 
true  laboratory  work  in  the  subject  and  students  have  thus  spent  two-flfths  of 
their  time.  It  is  now  proposed  to  add  to  the  laboratory  a  glazed  structure  and 
to  provide  full  sets  of  apparatus  by  which  the  activities  of  living  plants  can  be 
studied  experimentally  and  by  which  the  effects  of  external  conditions  and 
agencies  upon  such  plants  can  be  ascertained.  It  is  expected  that  this  work 
will  be  useful  both  upon  the  scientific  and  the  practical  sides. 

The  botanical  laboratory  will  be  otherwise  enlarged  and  improved. 

Extensions  of  the  work  in  bacteriology  for  chemists,  sanitary  engineers, 
and  agriculturists  are  proposed. 

ZOOLOGY. 

The  principal  new  features  of  the  work  of  the  department  of  zoology  for 
the  coming  year  are: 

1.  An  enlargement  and  more  thorough  organization  of  second  year  work 
in  zoological  courses.  2.  A  considerable  increase  of  the  offerings  in  ento- 
mology. 3.  The  substitution  of  a  course  in  elementary  biology  for  the  minor 
course  in  zoology  previously  offered.  4.  The  arrangement  of  special  courses  for 
teachers  of  natural  science,  made  with  particular  reference  to  graduates  of 
normal  schools  and  others  similarly  situated.  5.  The  permanent  and  complete 
equipment  of  the  University  of  Illinois  Biological  Experiment  Station  on  the  Illinois 
River,  for  which  a  new  building  and  equipment  are  now  provided,  which  will  be  regu- 
larly opened  to  special  advanced  students  in  1896. 

AGRICULTURE. 

The  liberal  and  increasing  endowments  from  the  general  government  for 
agricultural  and  mechanical  instruction  are  resulting  in  substantial  advantage 


to  the  University.  The  College  of  Agriculture  is  being  thoroughly  reorganized 
upon  a  broad  and  comprehensive  plan,  which,  when  completed,  will,  it  is  hoped, 
meet  the  needs  of  this  great  agricultural  state. 

The  course  of  study  extends  over  fouir  years,  the  same  time  that  is  given 
to  all  other  courses.  Instruction  in  agriculsure  and  horticulture  begins  immedi- 
ately in  the  freshman  year  and  is  distributed  throughout  the  course. 

VACCINE  FARM. 
By  Senate  Bill  No.  499  the  legislature  provided  for  establishing  a  vaccine 
farm  and  laboratory  at  the  University  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  pure  vaccine 
virus  to  the  physicians  of  the  state  at  cost.  Preparations  are  now  going  forward 
to  that  end.  The  professor  of  veterinary  science  will  have  immediate  charge  of 
the  work  and  the  whole  will  be  under  the  general  supervision  of  our  eminent 
bacteriologist,  Professor  Thomas  J.  Burrill,  who  will  certify  to  the  character  of 
the  product.  It  is  hoped  that  active  operations  may  be  commenced  in  Septem- 
ber.   Future  announcements  will  be  made  to  the  physicians  of  the  state. 

STATE  SCHOLARSHIPS. 

The  recent  Legislature  passed  a  very  important  act,  setting  up  a  sys- 
tematic plan  for  bringing  the  advantages  of  the  University  to.  the  attention  of 
all  the  schools  of  the  state  and  creating  University  State  Scholarships,  free  of 
all  fees,  in  all  the  Senate  and  Assembly  districts  of  the  state.  It  is  now  too  late 
make  this  plan  effective  for  the  coming  year,  but  all  arrangements  will  go 
forward  to  make  it  completely  so  in  the  year  ensuing.  Prior  to  the  Christmas 
holidays  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  will  give  notice  in  all 
the  High  Schools  of  a  competitive  examination  to  be  held  at  the  county  seat  in 
each  county  by  the  County  Superintendent  on  the  first  Saturday  of  June  next, 
at  which  the  State  Scholarship  belonging  to  the  county  will  be  awarded  to  the 
most  proficient  scholars  appearing  at  the  examination.  Aside  from  the  matter 
of  fees  the  receipt  of  these  scholarships  will  be  a  distinctive  honor  worthy  of 
the  highest  effort  in  each  county  and  will  help  bring-  the  University  into  close 
and  living  relations  with  the  public  school  system  in  fact  as  well  as  in  law. 

EXAMINATION  OF  CANDIDATES  FOR  MEDICAL  COLLEGES. 

xVt  the  request  of  the  State  Board  of  Health  the  University  authorities  will 
undertake  the  examination  of  such  candidates  for  admission  to  the  medical 
colleges  of  the  state  as  do  not  present  the  evidences  of  proficiency  required  for 
admission.  The  first  examination  will  doubtless  be  held  in  September,  in  Chi- 
cago. The  precise  time  and  place  and  the  scope  of  the  examination  will  be 
announced  in  special  circular. 

COURSE  OF  LECTURES  BY  SPECIALISTS. 
The  Board  of  Trustees  has  provided  for  a  course  of  lectures,  free  to  Uni- 
versity people.,  by  eminent  specialists  with  a  view  to  stimulating  the  different 
lines  of  work  in  which  the  University  is  engaged  and  arousing  an  interest  in 
work  not  yet  undertaken.  This  will  enable  the  faculty  to  bring  to  the  University 
many  of  the  most  distinguished  specialists  of  the  country  during  the  next  year 
and  must  prove  of  great  advantage  to  the  students  and  all  the  interests  involved. 

ORATORICAL  PRIZES. 
One  hundred  dollars  has  been  provided  for  special  prizes  to  the  students 
showing  the  greatest  proficiency  in  oratorical  and  literary  contests.    The  condi- 
tions have  not  yet  been  determined,  but  will  be  announced  in  due  time. 


AM  [NATIONS  OF  THE  POTABLE  WATERS 
OF  THE  STATE. 

An  appropriation  was  made  by  the  Legislature  for  a  systematic  chemical 
survey  of  the  waters  of  the  state.    Arrangements  are  already  making  to  collect 

samples  Of  waters  from  wells,  streams,  and  oilier  sources  of  supply,  and  to 
determine  by  analysis  their  purity  and  sanitary  condition.  The  examination 
will  be  conducted  by  the  department  of  chemistry  and  the  results  published  in 
a  series  of  bulletins.  This  subject  is  one  of  first  and  growing  importance  in  the 
state.  The  geological  department  is  just  entering  upon  a  systematic  investiga- 
tion of  the  sources  of  water  supply  and  with  the  two  departments  cooperating 
the  University  hopes  to  render  a  service  of  consequence  to  the  people  of  Illinois 

GENERAL  IMPROVEMENTS, 

Many  improvements  of  a  minor  character  will  he  made  during  the  vaca- 
tion, which  will  both  facilitate  work  and  make  the  surroundings  of  the  Univer- 
sity more  pleasant.  The  entire  janitor  service  of  the  University  will  be  reorgan- 
ized and  a  more  efficient  corps  employed.  A  superintendent  of  buildings  aDd 
grounds  will  be  appointed,  who  shall  have  general  charge  of  all  janitors  and 
other  persons  employed  thereabout.  The  janitors  will  be  commissioned  as 
special  police  by  the  cities  of  Champaign  and  Urbana,  to  serve  about  the 
University. 

All  driving  of  heavy  %Tehicles  through  the  grounds  will  be  prohibited,  all 
persons  will  be  required  to  keep  off  the  lawns  between  the  principal  buildings., 
and  bicycles  will  not  be  permitted  on  any  of  the  walks. 

An  appropriation  has  been  made  for  street  improvements  also.  With  this 
Green  street  will  be  paved  between  Mathews  avenue  and  Wright  street,  and  a 
walk  will  be  laid  from  Military  Hall  to  University  Hall* 


NEW  DEPARTMENTS  AND  ADDITIONS  TO 
THE  CORPS  OF  INSTRUCTION. 


Not  only  will  most  of  the  already  existing  departments  be  strengthened  by 
■additional  instructors,  but  some  work  not  heretofore  done  in  the  University 
will  be  undertaken. 

SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC. 

An  important  change  is  made  in  the  musical  department  of  the  University, 
in  that  it  is  made  an  integral  part  of  the  College  of  Literature  and  Arts.  The 
purpose  is  to  develop  a  school  of  music  that  will  do  credit  to  the  University 
and  the  state.  The  department  will  be  in  charge  of  Professor  Walter  Howe 
Jones,  assisted  by  Miss  Elinor  Ellsworth  and  Mr.  William  L.  Steele, 

Professor  Jones  has  been  an  instructor  in  music  in  DePauw  University  for 
over  three  years,  and  is  a  man  of  wide  experience  in  musical  matters.  He  was 
a  student  of  Clarence  Eddy  in  Chicago  and  studied  in  Berlin  with  Ludwig, 


Deffe  and  Madame  Carreno.  He  is  a  superb  teacher  of  the  piano  and  pipe 
organ,  an  excellent  conductor,  and  a  composer  of  much  promise. 

Miss  Elinor  Ellsworth,  instructor  of  vocal  music,  received  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  music  from  Elmira  College  in  1892,  after  which  she  pursued  her 
studies  with  Madame  Marches!  in  Paris.  Miss  Ellsworth  has  a  soprano  voice  of 
unusual  range  and  power,  which  received  high  praise  from  such  critics  as 
Walter  Damrosch,  Victor  Herbert,  and  Percy  Averill,  while  she  was  studying 
in  New  York  City  last  winter.  She  has  had  experience  in  concert  work  and  as 
a  teacher. 

Mr.  William  L.  Steele,  the  holder  of  the  newly  established  scholarship  in 
music,  has  been  the  leader  of  the  University  military  band  for  two  years,  is  a 
fine  cornet  player,  and  has  had  considerable  experience  in  orchestral  work. 

A  statement  of  the  new  courses  in  music  will  be  found  below. 

POLITICAL  SCIENCE. 

Political  Science  has  heretofore  been  neglected  in  the  University.  For 
two  years  a  single  term's  course  has  been  given  by  the  Professor  of  Political 
Economy.  Beginning  next  year,  however,  there  will  be  a  separate  department 
of  Political  Science  in  the  College  of  Literature  and  Arts.  The  chair  will  be 
filled  by  Mr.  Charles  W.  Tooke,  Ph.  D.,  with  the  rank  of  assistant  professor.  Mr. 
Tooke  was  graduated  at  Syracuse  University  in  1891.  After  teaching  for  two 
years  he  pursued  graduate  study  at  Cornell  University  and  Columbia  College, 
receiving  his  doctor's  degree  at  the  latter  institution. 

HISTORY. 

The  department  of  history  will  be  strenghtened  by  the  addition  of  another 
instructor,  Mr.  Frank  Zinkeisen,  Ph.  D.,  who  will  have  charge  of  the  instruction 
in  mediaeval  history.  Dr.  Zinkeisen  is  a  graduate  of  Harvard  and  received  his 
doctor's  degree  in  Berlin  in  1893.  He  has  been  tutor  and  assistant  in  Harvard 
for  the  past  two  years. 

ROMANCE   LANGUAGES. 

The  vacancy  caused  by  the  resignation  of  Professor  J.  D.  Bruner  has  been 
filled  by  the  appointment  of  Professor  George  D.  Fairfield,  of  DePauw  Univer- 
sity. Professor  Fairfield  was  graduated  at  Oberlin  College  in  1888  and  received 
the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  that  institution  in  1892.  From  1889  to  1893  he  was  U.  S. 
vice-consul  at  Lyons,  France,  and  a  student  in  the  University  of  France.  He 
has  also  studied  Italian  and  Spanish  under  native  teachers.  The  department 
promises  to  be  even  stronger  than  ever. 

PEDAGOGY. 

The  department  of  Pedagogy  will  be  reorganized  under  the  direction  of 
Professor  Arnold  Tompkins.  Professor  Tompkins  is  a  graduate  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Indiana,  where  he  also  received  his  master's  degree.  He  was  Professor 
of  Pedagogy  at  DePauw  University  for  five  years,  is  the  author  of  several  books, 
is  thoroughly  familiar  with  public  schools  and  is  in  every  way  well  equipped  for 
our  work. 

PHYSICAL  TRAINING. 

The  department  of  physical  training  has  been  entirely  reorganized.  Here- 
after the  work  will  be  under  the  direction  of  one  man,  assisted  by  a  lady  who 


>v i 1 1  glre  the  Instruction  provided  for  the  young  women  of  tin-  University.  Tin* 
University  has  been  fortunate  in  securing  as  head  of  the  department,  Mr.  Henry 
II.  Everett,  who  has  heretofore  been  assistant  director  of  the  gymnasium 
in  the  University  of  Wisconsin.  He  is  himself  a  well-trained  athlete,  and  baa 
had  much  experience  in  teaching,  having  been  assistant  in  the  Chicago  V.  M. 
<\  A.  gymnasium  and  at  the  Casino  Pastime  Academy. 

The  new  director  of  the  women's  gymnasium  is  Miss  Ella  H.  Morrison.  Her 
special  education  was  obtained  in  Europe.  She  has  taught  at  the  Ohio  State 
University  and  has  spent  the  past  year  with  Dr.  Sargent  at  Harvard  and  in  tin- 
leading  women's  gymnasiums  in  Boston. 

The  assistant  director  of  the  gymnasium  and  coach  of  the  athletic  teams 
is  Mr.  George  A.  Huff,  who  is  well  known  to  the  students  of  the  University.  He 
lias  an  inter-collegiate  reputation  as  an  athlete,  especially  as  afoot-ball  and 
base-ball  player,  which  is  as  broad  as  the  country. 

OTHER  CHANGES  IN  THE   INSTRUCTIONAL  FORCE. 

The  students  of  the  University  will  be  pleased  to  know  that  Professor- 
Edward  Snyder  will  be  at  his  post  again  next  year,  with  health  restored,  and 
that  Professor  J.  M.  White  will  also  resume  his  former  position  after  his  year's 
travel  and  study  abroad. 

NEW  COURSES  AND  CHANGES  IN  COURSES 
NOW  OFFERED. 


HISTORY. 

1.  Mediaeval  and  Modern  European  History.— Introductory  course.  Fall, 
winter,  and  spring  terms,  three-fifths  study.  Associate  Professor  Greene  and  Assist- 
ant Professor  Zinkeisen. 

2.  Contemporary  Political  Historj*.— Constitutional  tendencies  as  repre- 
sented by  political  parties.  The  course  will  include  the  history  and  present 
position  of  political  parties  in  the  leading-  states  of  Europe  and  in  the  United 
States.  This  course  may  properly  be  taken  in  connection  with  Political  Science  1. 
Fall,  winter,  and  spring  terms,  two-fifths  study.  Associate  Professor  Greene  and 
Assistant  Professor  Zinkeisen. 

3.  American  History.— The  origin  and  growth  of  the  nation  from  the  begin- 
ning of  English  colonization  in  North  America  to  the  close  of  the  reconstruction 
period.  Fall,  winter,  and  spring  terms,  full  study.  Associate  Professor  Greene. 
Required,  History  1  or  2. 

4.  English  Constitutional  History.— Special  attention  is  given  to  the  earlier 
formative  period.  Fall,  winter,  and  spring  terms,  three-fifths  study.  Assistant 
Professor  Zinkeisen.    Required,  History  1,  2. 

5.  Europe  in  the  Sixteenth  Century.— The  protestant  reformation  and  the 
counter-reformation.  Fall  term,  three-fifths  study.  Associate  Professor  Greene. 
Required,  History  1. 

6.  England  under  the  Stuarts.  The  Puritan  revolution.  Winter  term,  three- 
fifths  study.    Associate  Professor  Greene.    Required,  History  1. 

7.  Modern  European  History.— Europe  from  the  age  of  Louis  XIV.  to  the 
present  time.  Fall,  winter,  and  spring  terms,  three-fifths  study.  Assistant  Professor 
Zinkeisen.    Required,  History  1. 


8.  Seminary  in  American  History.    Training  in  the  use  of  the  sources. 

In  1895-96  the  general  subject  for  investigation  will  be  the  French  occupa- 
tion of  the  Mississippi  valley,  and  Illinois  politics  from  1850  to  1860.  Fall,  winter, 
and  spring  terms,  two-fifths  study.    Associate  Professor  Greene. 

Course  8  is  open  to  graduates  and  also  to  seniors  of  high  standing  who  take 
or  have  taken  History  3.  Students  who  propose  writing  their  baccalaureate 
theses  in  history  are  strongly  urged  to  do  so  in  connection  with  the  work  of 
course  8.  Graduates  who  do  a  prescribed  amount  of  additional  work  may  count 
the  course  as  a  full  study. 

9.  History  of  social  institutions  in  England,  with  special  attention  to  the 
middle  ages.  Fall,  winter,  and  spring  terms,  two-fifths  study.  Assistant  Professor 
Zinkeisen.    Required,  History  1;  Ecouomics  1. 

POLITICAL  SCIENCE. 

1.  Political  institutions.— Comparative  study  of  modern  political  systems, 
their  historical  development  and  practical  operation.  Lectures,  reports  and  dis- 
cussions. Fall,  winter,  and  spring  terms,  three-fifths  study.  Assistant  Professor 
Tooke. 

2.  Jurisprudence.— Elementary  course  in  the  origin,  development  and 
classification  of  law.  Lectures.  Fall  term,  two-fifths  study.  Assistant  Professor 
Tooke. 

3.  Roman  Law.— Early  history.  The  classical  jurisprudence.  Legislation  of 
Justinian.  Influence  of  the  Roman  system.  Lectures.  Winter  and  spring  terms, 
two-fifths  study.     Assistant  Professor  Tooke. 

4.  International  Law.— Sources  and  historical  development.  Essential 
powers  of  states,  their  rights  and  their  obligations.  Laws  and  usage  in  time  of 
war.  History  of  American  diplomacy.  Fall,  winter,  and  spring  terms,  two-fifth* 
study.    Assistant  Professor  Tooke. 

5.  Comparative  Administrative  Law.— General  principles  of  administrative 
law  of  United  States  (national  and  commonwealth),  England,  France,  and  Ger- 
many. The  appointment,  tenure  and  duties  of  officers.  Historical  and  compar- 
ative study  of  local  government.  Fall,  winter,  and  spring  terms,  two-fifths  study. 
Assistant  Professor  Tooke. 

6.  Comparative  Constitutional  Law.— The  constitution  of  theUnited  States, 
history  and  development.  Comparison  of  the  provisions  of  the  constitutions  of 
United  States,  England,  Germany  and  France.  Fall,  winter,  and  spring  terms, 
two-fifths  study.    Assistant  Professor  Tooke.  (Omitted  1895-96.) 

7.  Law  of  Municipal  Corporation.— History  and  legal  status  of  the  Amer- 
ican Municipality.  To  supplement  course  5.  Fall  and  winter  terms,  two-fifth* 
study.    Assistant  Professor  Tooke. 

8.  Law  of  Taxation.  —Nature  of  taxing  power.  Constitutional  limitations. 
Procedure  of  tax  administration.  Remedies  open  to  tax  payers.  Spring  term, 
two-fifths  study.    Assistant  Professor  Tooke. 

9.  Seminary  in  Administrative  Law.    Topics  to  be  arranged. 


PEDAGOGY. 

1.    The  Psychology  of  the  Teaching  Process: 

a.  The  nature  and  organic  elements  of  the  Process. 

b.  Various  illustrations  of  the  process  in  different  subjects,  both  by 
construction  and  by  analysis.    Fall  term,  full  study.    Professor  Tompkins. 


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3,  The  Aim,  or  Motive,  m  teaching: 

a.    The  true  aim  as  determined  by  the  nature  of  life. 
i).    The  various  aims  as  consciously  held  at  present  by  different  coun- 
tries ami  classes  of  people.    Such  diversity  accounted  for. 

c.    The  aim  as  shown  in  variation  through  historical  development.    The 

history  Of  educational  ideals.     Winter  term,  full  study.     Professor  Tompkins.     ll>  - 

quired.  Pedagogy  1. 

:>.    The  Universal  Form  of  Method  in  Education: 

a.  In  its  subjective  aspect. 

b.  In  its  objective  aspect. 

c.  The  relation  of  loixic,  ethics,  and  esthetics  to  method  in  education— 
the  concrete  unity  of  "a"  and  "b".  Spring  term,  full  study.  Professor  Tompkins. 
Required,  Pedagogy  2. 

4.  The  general  movements  of  the  mind  in  the  acquisition  of  truth,  beauty, 
and  virtue  specified.  Fall  term,  full  study.  Professor  Tompkins.  Required,  Peda- 
gogy  3. 

i.    Special  movement  of  the  mind  in  learning-. 

a.  How  to  think  and  appreciate  the  truth  in  individual  objects. 

b.  How  to  think  and  appreciate  the  truth  in  general  objects. 

c.  The  analysis  and  preparation  of  lessons  on  a  variety  of  subject  mat- 
ter in  application  of  the  universal  methods  of  thought  above  described.  Winter 
term,  full  study.    Professor  Tompkins.    Required,  Pedagogy  4. 

6.  The  Psychological  and  the  Logical  factors  in  educational  method. 

a.  Construction  of  a  course  of  study  for  the  public  schools  as  deter- 
mined by  the  foregoing  factors. 

b.  The  historical  development  of  courses  of  study.  Spring  term,  full 
study.    Professor  Tompkins.    Required,  Pedagogy  5. 

7.  The  School,  the  instrument  of  education: 

a.  Connected  with  and  differentiated  from  the  other  social  institutions. 

b.  The  inherent  law  of  the  school  ascertained. 

c.  School  organization  as  determined  by  the  law. 

d.  School  management  and  supervision  under  the  law.  Fall  term,  full 
study.    Professor  Tompkins. 

8.  School  systems: 

a.  In  different  countries,  as  at  present  organized. 

b.  Historical  development  of  school  systems. 

c.  The  school  systems  and  present  state  of  education  in  Illinois.  Winter 
term,  full  study.  Professor  Tompkins.    Required,  Pedagogy  7. 

9.  The  Philosophy  of  education: 

a.  Its  nature,  scope,  and  power. 

b.  The  relation  of  system  ■  of  philosophic  thought  to  educational  ideals 
and  methods. 

c.  The  pedagogical  bearings  of  the  other  leading  departments  of  thought. 
Spring  term,  full  study.    Professor  Tompkins.    Required,  Pedagogy  8. 

The  foregoing  is  a  consecutive  unfolding  of  the  subjects,  and,  in  the  main 
it  can  be  most  satisfactorily  pursued  in  the  order  above  stated.  The  matter 
relating  to  school  and  that  relating  to  instruction  may  each,  however,  be  taken 
without  the  other  as  a  required  basis.  Other  readjustments  may  be  made  to 
suit  special  needs  and  capacities  of  the  student.  But  in  general  each  topic  requires 
the  preceeding.  As  further  required  preparation,  the  student  should  as  soon  as 
possible,  if  he  has  not  already  done  so,  acquire  a  good  general  knowledge  of 


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psychology  and  philosophy  as  provided  for  in  those  departments.  The  student, 
should  have  at  least  one  year's  work  in  each  of  these  subjects— the  more  the 
better. 

MUSIC. 

Pianoforte.— A  thorough  course  of  study  from  the  beginning*,  including 
formation,  and  position  of  fingers,  hands,  wrists,  and  arms,  passing  through  dif- 
ferent grades  of  technique,  and  on  to  the  higher  art  of  musical  interpretation. 
The  most  approved  studies  will  be  used  in  connection  with  carefully  selected 
work  from  the  different  composers  of  the  classical,  the  romantic  and  the  modern 
schools. 

Organ.— Preparatory  pedal  studies,  exercises  combining  the  use  of  the 
manuals  and  pedals,  pedal  phrasing  studies,  exercises  in  registration,  and  studies 
from  the  works  of  the  best  known  writers  for  the  organ. 

Pupils  who  expect  to  study  the  organ  must  have  had  at  least  one  year's  study  on 
the  pianoforte  or  cabinet  organ. 

Harmony,  Theory,  Counterpoint,  Fugue,  and  Composition.  Courses  in  these 
subjects  will  be  given  as  occasion  requires.  They  will  be  made  thorough,  en- 
abling the  student  who  completes  them  to  have  a  comprehensive  knowledge  of 
the  theory  of  music. 

LECTURES  ON  DOMESTIC  ECONOMY. 

Arrangements  have  been  made  for  a  course  of  eight  lectures  on  domestic 
economics  by  Mrs.  Helen  Campbell,  of  Madison,  Wis.  Mrs.  Campbell  is  well 
known  as  a  writer,  having  contributed  frequently  to  the  periodicals  and  being 
the  author  of  several  books,  among  them  one  on  domestic  economy. 

The  lectures  will  not  be  confined  to  "cooking"  but  will  extend  to  all  the 
matters  which  are  factors  in  the  material  comfort  and  artistic  elegance  of  the 
home.  The  lectures  will  be  accompanied,  as  far  as  possible,  with  practical 
demonstrations. 

Mrs.  Campbell  will  remain  here  two  weeks  and  at  the  end  of  the  course 
those  who  so  desire  may  have  an  examination  on  the  lectures. 

PHYSICAL  TRAINING. 

Each  student  who  takes  physical  instruction  is  expected  to  undergo  a 
physical  examination  at  the  beginning  and  end  of  every  year,  in  order  that  his 
physical  condition  may  be  known  and  suitable  exercises  and  advice  given.  Sys- 
tematic class  work  will  be  given  in  the  use  of  dumb  bells,  wands,  bar  bells,  foils, 
Indian  clubs,  and  on  all  pieces  of  gymnastic  apparatus.  Sparring  and  wrestling 
will  be  given  to  advanced  students. 

During  the  fall  and  spring  terms  outdoor  games  and  exercises  will  receive 
considerable  attention;  during  the  winter  term  indoor  games  and  athletic  work 
will  be  made  interesting  by  public  entertainments  and  contests.  Lectures  and 
talks  on  hygiene,  physical  training,  etc.,  will  be  given  during  the  winter  term. 
Track  athletics,  football,  baseball,  etc.,  will  receive  careful  attention  and 
special  facilities  will  be  provided  for  this  work. 

A  large,  pleasant  gymnasium  is  provided  for  the  women  of  the  University 
and  it  is  the  intention  of  the  director  that  it  be  used  by  those  students  who  for 
any  reason  fall  below  the  normal  in  body  development  and  in  strength.  Special 
attention  is  given  to  the  correction  of  those  inequalities  of  hips,  shoulders  and 
vertebrae  which  prevent  the  harmonious  development  of  the  body.  Each  student 
comes  under  the  personal  observation  of  the  director  and  is  given  exercises  to 
meet  her  special  needs. 


For  at  udents  of  average  <>r  above  the  average  vigor  1 1 u>  regular  work  of  the 
course  u  ffords  scientific  and  complete  means  of  increasing  the  strength  and  size 
of  the  muscles,  of  educating  nerve  and  of  gaining  agility  and  grace*  Health, 
strengl  h,  and  nervous  force,  which  are  the  fundamental  aims  of  all  gymnast  i<- 
work  In  the  schools,  are  shown  to  be  closely  dependent  upon  an  erect  carriage, 
correct  met  hods  of  walking,  breathing  and  talking,  ease  of  movement,  and  power 
to  relax  completely  and  rest. 

CHANGES  IN  ARCHITECTURAL  DEPARTMENT, 

Hereafter  students  In  Architectural  Engineering  will  take  the  same  course 
in  shop  practice  as  the  students  of  Mechanical  Engineering.  Freshmen  in 
Architecture  will  have  the  option  of  taking  either  shop  practice  or  freehand 
drawing. 

THE  PUBLIC  INTERESTS. 

The  University  is  not  only  anxious  to  extend  every  possible  facility  to  its 
students,  but  also  to  promote  the  interests  of  the  people  of  the  state  in  all  possi- 
ble ways.  It  will  therefore  thank  any  person  who  will  offer  practical  sugges- 
tions of  ways  in  which  it  may  render  service  to  the  common  interests  of  the  state. 

P"For  catalogue  and  detailed  information  write 

W.  L.    PILLSBURY, 

Registrar,  TJrbana,  Illinois. 


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